The championship leader has been skating for several weeks and has no longer mastered operations in an implacable way.

The trip to Corsica provided a new illustration of this and Christophe Galtier is no further ahead in his thinking after yet another messy production by his troops.

Facing the 18th in the standings, we could have expected a Parisian demonstration, even in the absence of Neymar, suspended.

But it is still a too predictable and uninspired PSG who first got away with a classic and surgical counter-attack: a recovered ball and a deep pass from Lionel Messi for Mbappé (24th).

The Argentinian then quietly played the defense at the end of the match (79th) before Mbappé scored a second goal (82nd) ​​to take the lead of the best fireworks in L1 with 10 units.

PSG midfielder Renato Sanches (d) chased by Ajaccio midfielder Vincent Marchetti on October 21, 2022 in Ajaccio Pascal Pochard-Casabianca AFP

On a lawn in very poor condition, Paris only rarely proved dangerous, as if playing economy.

An observation that has become recurrent, especially on the national scene where Galtier's team sometimes gives the impression of being satisfied with only the essentials.

- Messi unfazed -

The approach of the World Cup (November 20-December 18 in Qatar) and important European fixtures, against Maccabi Haifa (next Tuesday at the Parc des Princes) and Juventus (November 2 in Turin) in the Champions League , and fear of injury may explain a certain lack of involvement.

But PSG are idling too slowly at the moment for the excuse to be totally valid.

Parisian Marco Verratti (d) is ahead of Ajaccio striker Mounaim El Idrissy, on October 21, 2022 in Ajaccio Pascal Pochard-Casabianca AFP

Galtier, however, believed he had found the key by renewing the tactical scheme in 4-3-3 which had not worked too badly against OM (1-0) on Sunday.

But if Marco Verratti and Fabian Ruiz, not far from being the best Parisian, did well in the middle, the performance of Renato Sanches, holder for the 2nd time of the season replacing Vitinha, preserved, was too any.

As for the defense, still deprived of Presnel Kimpembe, recovering, Sergio Ramos, suspended, and Nuno Mendes and Danilo, injured, it sometimes wavered, especially in the first period when Paris was moved.

But above all, PSG could have taken cover more quickly without Mbappé's approximations in the area.

The world champion wasted two huge chances (36th, 57th) before ending up killing the game in the final moments.

PSG star Lionel Messi in front of Ajaccio defender Oumar Gonzalez on October 21, 2022 in Ajaccio Pascal Pochard-Casabianca AFP

Heckled by the public despite his double, Mbappé was eclipsed by Messi, the one that the whole public demanded throughout the evening.

With a goal and two assists, "La Pulga" was like his start to the season, very strong.

What to excite the spectators of Ajaccio: three children even entered the lawn during an interruption of the game to take selfies with the Argentinian, always so imperturbable.

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